Employment Record
Employment Record
| Designation |
Years |
Institutions |
| Principal Scientist |
13.02.2012 till date |
CICR, Regional Station, Coimbatore |
| Senior Scientist |
13.02.2004 to 12.02.2012 |
CICR, Regional Station, Coimbatore |
| Scientist ( Senior Scale) |
16.05.2003 to 12.02.2004 |
CICR, Regional Station, Coimbatore |
| Scientist ( Senior Scale) |
21.07.2001 to 15.05.2003 |
CICR, Nagpur |
| Scientist ( Senior Scale) |
13.02.2001 to 20.07.2001 |
IGFRI, Jhansi |
| Scientist |
13.02.1995 to 12.02.2001 |
IGFRI, Jhansi |
Research Projects Handled
Research Projects Handled
Institute Projects
As PI
- Present Status, Constraints and Future Strategies of Cottonseed Production in Tamil Nadu.
- Impact Assessment of IPM / IRM Technology Adoption by Cotton Farmers.
- Farm Level Economic Benefits of Bt Cotton in Tamil Nadu.
- Adoption, Impact and Returns to Research Investment on Improved Cotton Cultivars in Tamil Nadu.
- Economic Analysis of Contract farming in Cotton in Tamil Nadu.
- Economic Implications of Trade Openness on Indian Cotton Economy.
- Cotton Mechanisation – Tracing the Needs and Gaps for Sustainable Cotton farming in India.
- Impact analysis of shift in global cotton trade on Indian cotton scenario.
- Ex Ante Analysis of the Impact of COVID 19 on Cotton Economy in India
- Economic Analysis of Value Chain of Cotton Market in Tamil Nadu
As Co PI
- Impact of Bt cotton cultivation on farm economy in India
- Funded Projects
As PI
- TMC MM 1.5 Total Factor Productivity of Cotton in India.
As Co PI
- Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) through TAR 18/IVLP.
- TMC MM5.1 Evaluation of Cotton Production Technologies for Yield, Fibre Quality and Economic Viability.
- TMC MM 5.1 Simulation models/Sensor based gadgets for Cotton Protection and Production
- Frontline Demonstration in Cotton .
Publications
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
- Isabella Agarwal, A.R.Reddy and Amarpreet Singh, “Impact assessment of COVID 19 on cotton economy of India”, Journal of Cotton Research and Development, 36(2), 244-251, July ‘2022.
- A.R. Reddy, Sachitha M.Yelekar and Isabella Agarwal, ‘Cotton productivity in the districts of Maharashtra: (TFP) approach”, Journal of Cotton Research and Development: Vol.29 No.1 Jan 2015.
- Isabella Agarwal, A.R.Reddy, Sukhpal Singh and Sachita M.Yelekar “Yield Gap and Constraints Analysis of Cotton in India’, Journal of Cotton Research and Development Accepted for publication in Vol. 29 No. 2 of July 2015.
- Isabella Agarwal , “Economic Implications of Indian Cotton under WTO Regime”, Journal of Cotton Research and Development Accepted for publication in Vol. 29 No. 2 of July 2015.
- Isabella Agarwal, A.R.Reddy, Sukhpal Singh and Sachita M.Yelekar “Yield Gap and Constraints Analysis of Cotton in India’, Journal of Cotton Research and Development : Vol. 29 No. 2 p: 333-338, July 2015.
- Isabella Agarwal, ‘Economic Implications of Indian Cotton Economy Under WTO Regime”, Journal of Cotton Research and Development: Vol.30 No.1 p: 135-142, Jan 2016.
- Isabella Agarwal , “Economic Implications of Indian Cotton under WTO Regime”, Journal of Cotton Research and Development Vol. 30 No. 1 July 2016.
- Isabella Agarwal, Gautam Majumdhar , “Cotton Mechanisation – Needs and Gaps for Sustainable Cotton Farming in India” Journal of Cotton Research and Development Vol.32 No.2 July 2018..
- Isabella Agarwal, ‘Impact analysis of global shift in cotton trade on Indian cotton scenario’, Journal of Cotton Research and Development, p.157-164 National Symposium on “Cotton Production Technologies in the Next Decade : Problems & Perspectives”, January 22-24, 2020.
- Isabella Agarwal, Anuradha Narala, (2020),‘Comparing Predictive Accuracy Through Price Forecasting Models in Cotton’, Journal of Cotton Research and Development, vol 34(1), p:146-157
Popular Articles
- Isabella Agarwal, Farm Diversification in Tamil Nadu: Problems and Prospects, Agricultural Situation in India , 2004, Vol LX No. pp. 19-27
- Isabella Agarwal, Rationale of Resource Use Through Farm Diversification, Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2004 Jan- June 17(1) : p.85-100
- Isabella Agarwal, Rangasamy, K. and Kalaivani,S., ( 2006 ), Labagaramana Paruthi Villaichalukku Kuraindha Selavu Thozhil Nootpangal ( Low Cost Technologies for Profitable Cotton Production ) priced at Rs.30/- .
- Isabella Agarwal, Kalaivani.S. & K.Rangasamy, .“Paruthiyil Oodupayiriduvir Ubhari Varumanam Peruvir” (Intercropping in cotton to get additional income ), Valarum Velanmai, March ‘ 2005
- Isabella Agarwal and K.Rangasamy, Paruthiyil Mooladhana kanakin mukiathuvam (Importance of input cost factors in cotton production), Valarum Velanmai, Sep and Oct issues( II parts ), 2005
- Isabella Agarwal, S.Kalaivani, Paruthi saagupadiyil unnadha kalai nirvagam. ( Refined Weed Management in Cotton), Valarum Velanmai, Nov ’ 2007
- Isabella Agarwal, A.Sundar, Paruthi sagupadiyil oringinaindha pannaiya muraiyin mukiyathuvam ( Prospects of contract farming in cotton in Tamil Nadu), Valarum Velanmai, Jan ‘2009
Technical bulletins
- Under Cotton Technical Assistance Programme for Africa
- Demonstration of Promising Cotton Technologies at CICR Regional Station, Coimbatore.
- Contract Farming- Useful Approaches for ELS and Organic Cotton Farming”, Dr. S. Usha Rani and Dr. Isabella Agarwal
Membership of Professional Socities/ Bodies Acquired During the Year
- Life Membership of Indian Farming
- Annual Membership of Valarum Velanmai (Tamil Agricultural Journal)
- Annual Membership of Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing
- Annual member of the Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai.
- Life member of Agricultural Economics Research review, New Delhi
- Life member of the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, CIRCOT, Mumbai.
- Annual member Cotton Research and Development Association, CCSHAU, Hisar.
Training Attended
Trainings Attended/ Other Institutional Activities
- Revenue generation of Rs.14730/- ( Rupees Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty ) was made from the sale of 491 copies ( Tamil Bulletin Isabella Agarwal, Rangasamy, K. and Kalaivani,S., ( 2006 ), Labagaramana Paruthi Villaichalukku Kuraindha Selavu Thozhil Nootpangal ( Low Cost Technologies for Profitable Cotton Production ) priced at Rs.30/- .
- A video programme was made to extricate the impact of the projects in the adopted village Allapalayam and its surrounding areas. Farmers were selected one each for three different varieties of cotton viz., Surabhi, Sumangala and Suvin. Later a farmers’ discussion was held along with the scientific experts from CICR, Coimbatore.
- Convener of Official language Implementation Committee since Nov 2013. Assisted in report compilation as and when required.
- Attended Inspection Programme of Parliamentary Committee of Official Language at Ooty on 15th Jan ‘2014 as Convener of Hindi Committee, CICR RS, Coimbatore.
- Evaluated technology demonstrations on cotton taken up at the Institute level
- Evaluation of Postgraduate thesis from students of CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore and UAS, Dharwad. Conduct of viva voce for qualifying exam of M.Sc.Agri. and Ph.D.students of Department of Agricultural Economics and Agri. Business Management, TNAU, Coimbatore as an external examiner.
- Elected as Member in the discipline of Group IV for the Assessment Committee of Sugarcane Breeding Institute by ASRB, New Delhi
- Reviewer of articles on Agricultural Economics to be published in Indian Journal of Agricultural Research sent from Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal., Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences sent from University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.
- Preparation of draft on Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022 published in Report of the Committee for Doubling Farmers’ Income Volume VIII “Production Enhancement through Productivity Gains p. 43-56
- Active participation as a member of Farm Committee/ Stores Committee/ Purchase Committee.
- Active participation in the Staff Recreation Club activities as executive member of the Staff Recreation Club.
- Nominated as evaluator for the recruitment of Stenograph Grade at CICR RS, Coimbatore on 22.07.2011
- Active contribution as DDO I/C whenever assigned by PC and Head.
- Weather report : The weekly weather and advisory report of all cotton growing centres compiled during the cotton growing season since 2012-13.
- Arranged exhibition stall at CODISSIA during Agri – Intex fair and attended the same from 11th to 16th August ‘2005.
- Arranged exhibition stall at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during Farmers’ day celebration from 8th to 10th September ‘2005.
- Arrangements of stall on behalf of CICR in farmers’ mela held at Sugarcane Breeding Institute from 04.10.2006 to 06.10.2006 were made. Also participated in the exhibition and explained the refined technologies on cotton to the farmers from different States. A memento and a certificate of appreciation were received from the hands of Dr. Samanta, Joint Director, NAARM, Hyderabad.
- Arrangements of stall on behalf of CICR in farmers’ mela held at Sugarcane Breeding Institute from 11.12.2007 to 13.12.2007 were made. Also participated in the exhibition and explained the refined technologies on cotton to the farmers from different States
- Co-ordinated in arranging stall in showcasing CICR technologies in the event of SIMA Farm to Finish Expo 2013 organised by SIMA during December 13th to 15th ‘2013 at CODISSIA, Coimbatore.
- Arranged and attended meeting at Allapalayam on contract farming in collaboration with Super Spinning Mills on 10th June ‘2005.
- Attended preliminary meeting on 5th Jan ‘2006 on multi media campaign at Regional Office, Canara Bank, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore that was to be launched in Coimbatore and Pollachi constituencies.
- Actively participated in the meeting on ELS cotton at CICR presided by Dr.Radha Singh, Secretary, MOA, New Delhi, Dr.Anupam harik, Director, DOCD, Mumbai and Dr.H.Gautam, Additional Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi.
- Attended Cotton meet at SIMA, Coimbatore wherein a special guest lecture was delivered by Dr.M.S.Swaminathan on the cotton scenario of the country towards farmers and traders in India on 25th Jan ‘2008
- Actively participated in Hindi seminar and meetings and competitions held on the eve of Hindi Saptha week.
- Attended AICRP meeting on Cotton at TNAU, Coimbatore.
- Attended the Expert group Committee Meeting on TMC MM 1 to formulate projects under Agricultural Economics at CICR, Nagpur during 14th to 16th March ‘2007.
- Conducted Mid term and final review meetings of TMC MM 5.1 at CICR, Nagpur and PAU, Ludhiana with all the Co-PIs from the other centres.
- Attended Winter School training Programme on Methodological Issues in Impact Analysis of Agricultural and Rural Development Projects from 2nd to 22nd December ‘2009 at CARDS, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 3.
- Monthly training programmes with the subject specialists was arranged and conducted for the Farmers’ Field School ( FFS ) Trainees at the Institute premises. Field visits were made during the course.
- Field visits at CICR, Coimbatore were arranged and expertise on cotton production technologies and on going farm trials were made aware of to the visitors viz., farmers, agricultural officers, students etc., coming from different organizations like KVKs, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Universities etc., from different States of India.
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- Assisted in giving lectures and field visits to the foreign delegates from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Fiji island, Indonesia and Afghanistan supported by Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, New Delhi under the technical Co-operation Scheme of the Colombo Plan conducted by Kothari Agricultural Management Centre, Coonoor.
- Evaluated technology demonstrations on cotton taken up at the Institute level.
- Project farmers under IVLP and TMC have been taken on visit to cotton mill and Surabhi fields in and around Namakkal district.
- Field day function was organised at IVLP village, Allapalayam.
- Trainings on Vermi-Composting, bee-keeping and Fruits and Vegetable processing were conducted for the project farmers.
- Reporters from different press were taken to the project village, Allapalayam to have a direct interaction with the project farmers regarding the outcome and impact of the project.
- Mediation of All India Radio correspondence at the Institute level
- Monthly training programmes with the subject specialists was arranged and conducted for the Farmers’ Field School ( FFS ) Trainees at the Institute premises. Field visits were made during the course.
- Participated and presented a lecture on Economics of summer cotton production during two days training programme on Summer Cotton Production practices at CICR, Coimbatore to the Agricultural Demonstrators under TMC MM II – Contract Farming on 5th and 6th Jan ‘2006.
- Participated in the 21st National Convention of Science in Tamil at Tamil College, Perur, during 9th and 10th Feb ‘2013
- Accompanied Mr.Osvaldo Catine and Ms.Anabela Chambule from Mozambique to visit Annur farmers and apprise them of IPM in cotton.
- Delivered lecture on cost and marketing aspects of cotton to the cotton farmers from Annur and Kanchampally under Certificate course on cotton production technology organized by TNAU and CICR, Coimbatore on 10.12.07 at the Regional Station.
- Delivered lecture on Marketing Prospects of India’s Long Staple Cotton in the post era of MFA in World Trade to the trainees from different States conducted under the programme of Training on ELS cotton from 15.12.07 to 22.12.07 at CICR Regional Station, Coimbatore.
- Lecture on Prices and Marketing of Cotton was delivered to the cotton farmers under NAIP project.
- Convenor of training programme for the tribal cotton farmers from Jolarpet, Tamil Nadu under Tribal development programme conducted during the year 2012. Delivered lecture on Low cost cotton production to Jolarpet farmers under Tribal Development Programme by CICR RS, Cbe on 9th Jan ‘2012.
- Delivered lecture on demonstrated technologies to the Ugandan delegates under TAP Programme (21.01.13 to 25.01.13) by CICR RS, Cbe.
- Assisted in arranging lecture and field visits to a batch of eleven M.Sc.(Genetics and Plant Breeding) students of the Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram when they visited CICR Regional Station, Coimbatore to study the programmes relevant to their course undertaken in this Regional Station.
- Delivered lecture on Importance of input costs in cotton production to the cotton farmers from various districts of Tamil Nadu under ATMA program.
- Arranged and attended meeting at Allapalayam on contract farming in collaboration with Super Spinning Mills on 10th June ‘2005.
- Arranged exhibition stall at CODISSIA during Agri – Intex fair and attended the same from 11th to 16th August ‘2005.
- Arranged exhibition stall at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during Farmers’ day celebration from 8th to 10th September ‘2005.
- A video programme was made to extricate the impact of the projects in the adopted village Allapalayam and its surrounding areas. Farmers were selected one each for three different varieties of cotton viz., Surabhi, Sumangala and Suvin. Later a farmers’ discussion was held along with the scientific experts from CICR, Coimbatore
- Monthly training programmes with the subject specialists from CICR, Nagpur was arranged and conducted for the Farmers’ Field School ( FFS ) Trainees at the Institute premises. Field visits were made during the course.
- Participated and presented a lecture on Economics of summer cotton production during two days training programme on Summer Cotton Production practices at CICR, Coimbatore to the Agricultural Demonstrators under TMC MM II – Contract Farming on 5th and 6th Jan ‘2006.
- Attended the preliminary meeting on 5th Jan ‘2006 on multi media campaign at Regional Office, Canara Bank, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore that was to be launched in Coimbatore and Pollachi constituencies.
- Field visits at CICR, Coimbatore were arranged and expertise on cotton production technologies and on going farm trials were made aware of to the visitors viz., farmers, agricultural officers, students etc., coming from different organizations like KVKs, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Universities etc., from different States of India.
- Arrangements of stall on behalf of CICR in farmers’ mela held at Sugarcane Breeding Institute from 04.10.2006 to 06.10.2006 were made. Also participated in the exhibition and explained the refined technologies on cotton to the farmers from different States. A memento and a certificate of appreciation were received from the hands of Dr. Samanta, Joint Director, NAARM, Hyderabad.
- Actively participated in the meeting on ELS cotton at CICR presided by Dr.Radha Singh, Secretary, MOA, New Delhi, Dr.Anupam harik, Director, DOCD, Mumbai and Dr.H.Gautam, Additional Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi.
- Actively participated in the preparation and arrangement of posters in the seminar Hall at CICR for the QRT meet on 10th and 11th March ‘2007. Made arrangements for food for the delegates as a member of the food and refreshment committee.
- Arrangements of stall on behalf of CICR in farmers’ mela held at Sugarcane Breeding Institute from 11.12.2007 to 13.12.2007 were made. Also participated in the exhibition and explained the refined technologies on cotton to the farmers from different States.
- Field visits at CICR, Coimbatore were arranged and expertise on cotton production technologies and on going farm trials were made aware of to the visitors viz., farmers, agricultural officers, students etc., coming from different organizations like KVKs, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Universities etc., from different States of India.
- Attended Cotton meet at SIMA, Coimbatore wherein a special guest lecture was delivered by Dr.M.S.Swaminathan on the cotton scenario of the country towards farmers and traders in India on 25th Jan ‘2008.
- Attended Winter School training Programme on Methodological Issues in Impact Analysis of Agricultural and Rural Development Projects from 2nd to 22nd December ‘2009 at CARDS, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 3.
- Actively participated in Hindi seminar and meetings and competitions held on the eve of Hindi Saptha week.
- Acting as Convener of Official language Implementation Committee since Nov 2013. Assisted in report compilation as and when required.
- Attended Inspection Programme of Parliamentary Committee of Official Language at Ooty on 15th Jan ‘2014 as Convener of Hindi Committee, CICR RS, Coimbatore.
- Co-ordinated in arranging stall in showcasing CICR technologies in the event of SIMA Farm to Finish Expo 2013 organised by SIMA during December 13th to 15th 2013 at CODISSIA, Coimbatore
- Assisted in giving lectures and field visits to the foreign delegates from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Fiji island, Indonesia and Afghanistan supported by Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, New Delhi under the technical Co-operation Scheme of the Colombo Plan conducted by Kothari Agricultural Management Centre, Coonoor.
- Co-ordinated in arranging stall in showcasing CICR technologies in the event of SIMA Farm to Finish Expo 2013 organised by SIMA during January 6th to 8th 2015 at CODISSIA, Coimbatore
- Assisted in Preparation of draft on Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022
- Attended AICRP meeting on Cotton at TNAU, Coimbatore.
- Evaluated technology demonstrations on cotton taken up at the Institute level
- Compilation of weekly cotton advisory reports since 2015
- Evaluation of Postgraduate thesis from students of CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore and UAS, Dharwad
Awards/
Rewards/
Recognition
Training Attended & Awards/Rewards/Recognition
- Peer Reviewer of articles in Journals from Agricultural Resaerch Communication centre, Karnal, Haryana
- Agricultural Reviews
- Indian Journal of Agricultural Research
- Agricultural Science Digest
- Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research
- Journal of Legume Research
- Journal of Sugarcane research (SBI, Coimbatore)
